First Light

From the first gray light of the morning I've been gone
 On my journey towards the stars
 Will I know when I reach the other side
 The earth so blue it's like I'm dreaming
 Now I'm on my way
 Tainted shadows fall like rain
 Through the dark vast weight only silence lingers on
 The origin of existence lies somewhere far far beyond
 I feel unattached tranquility
 A hand from the heavens guiding me
 And wondering where this path will lead
 In a dream I'm lost and
 Floating through the atmosphere
 Searchig for significance against
 Infinity eternity
 I've been taken by the vast and
 Humbled by the weight of what I've seen
 You know they called for heros
 Cause heros carry on
 In know the world is fading
 So from the first gray light of the morning I've been gone
 Now I pray for a better life
 For all the ones I love
 We search beyond our reach
 And turn our gaze above
 I hope that it's the way
 To fill our basic needs
 And my sacrifice not vain
 And I'll return again
 The sands will filter through the timeless hourglass
 As I pass beyond the god of war
 Distant voices hear them crying out
 I must seek out new worlds and explore
 And I know that there just must be a place
 We will carry on
 Where our children can be free from the pain
 The human race
 It must be somewhere out in space
 The sands will filter through the timeless hourglass
 As I pass beyond the god of war
 Distant voices hear them crying out
 I must seek out new worlds and explore
 And I know that there must be a place
 It Must be somewhere out in space
 Silver moonbeams relfect the sun
 Martian Landscapes worlds beyond
 I touch down with no trace
 No sign of life on this place
 Now I feel a surge of energy
 The deepest passion burns in me
 Somwhere there is a world not left
 To die
 The stars will shine their light down unto me
 Illuminating
 The stars will shine their light and I will see
 Will I find my way?
 So back to the darkness I fly
 In search of a hope in the sky
 I should have known right from the start
 I'll not return home
 It seems so surreal as I go
 The knowlesdge of science alone
 Can't save all the people I know
 That I've left behind
 The sun I know is growing smaller
 I drift for days on endless hours
 And what's there to fear now!
 No messages are getting through
 I fall into the black abyss of night
 I'm gone
 The pioneering spirit charges the unkown
 Accept the consequence of risk
 I'm all alone here
 Don't know if I'll return and
 The fate of life is on my heart
 I left a dying world behind
 On my way oh
 Where s our oasis in the sky
 The future of our race
 I left a poisoned world behind
 Now I see there's no
 Heaven bound oasis in the sky
 Only dreams
 I've got no destination
 Helpless I drift on
 The weight of silence how it's eating at my soul
 And yet I sense a stirring
 Something so spiritual
 I wonder if the fate of mankind
 Is in the hands of a higher power calling to us all
 I left a dying world behind
 On my way only
 God can stop the spiral down to hell
 The future of our race
 I left a poisoned world behind
 Now I see only
 Heaven's the oasis in the sky
 It's my dream